var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option November 18, 2014 * NASA Announces Early Stage Innovations Space Tech Research Grants *  Advanced thermal protection materials modeling using the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method simulates the flow through porous TPS materials. Research into these sorts of advanced technologies enable the journey to Mars and enable future exp ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option November 18, 2014 * NASA Teams with South Korean Agency to Further Improve Air Traffic Management *  Jaiwon Shin, NASA’s associate administrator for Aeronautics Research, and Jaeboong Lee, president of the Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement, signed an agreement Nov. 17, 2014 in Seoul, South Korea, for future agency co ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PAVLOF VOLCANO, ALASKA PENINSULA The Alaska Volcano Observatory first detected earthquakes associated with the movement of magma and heat at Pavlof's summit on November 12, 2014. Photographs and satellite imagery confirmed an eruption soon after. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84753&src=nha ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2138 Issue Time: 2014 Nov 18 0716 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2137 Begin Time: 2014 Nov 16 1315 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 5723 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Nov 18 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 322 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Nov 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2208 S10W40 310 0010 Bxo 13 06 Beta 2209 S13E18 252 0990 Fkc 26 22 Beta-Gamma-Delta 22 ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option November 17, 2014 * NASA Receives Fourth Consecutive Clean Audit Opinion * NASA has received an unmodified, or “clean”, audit opinion on its fiscal year 2014 financial statements, marking the fourth consecutive year of “clean” opinions. The agency has released its fiscal year 2014 Agency Financial Report (AFR), which provides details ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option November 17, 2014 * NASA Television Coverage Set for Next International Space Station Crew Launch *  In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 42/43 crewmembers Terry Virts of NASA (left), Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Samantha Cristoforetti of the Euro ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- DUST STORM IN COLORADO As a cold front swept south through the United States in November 2014, it kicked up a dust storm in eastern Colorado. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84719&src=nha *** Image from Nov 10, 2014 (Posted on Nov 13, 2014 11:18 AM) ZHUPANOVSKY ASH PLUME Ash from a volcano on ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PAVLOF VOLCANO, ALASKA PENINSULA The Alaska Volcano Observatory first detected earthquakes associated with the movement of magma and heat at Pavlof's summit on November 12, 2014. Photographs and satellite imagery confirmed an eruption soon after. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84747&src=nha ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2137 Issue Time: 2014 Nov 17 0500 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2136 Begin Time: 2014 Nov 16 1315 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3557 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading